In the initial Editor's Message of this volume, I stated my
intent to involve more students in the publication process. A
number of people commented on it being a good idea, but only
a couple have followed up. One was Paul Krausman, President of
The Wildlife Society. We matched graduate students from the University
of Montana wildlife program with manuscripts where each student
served as a reviewer. Students were the third reviewer on manuscripts
within their area of interest and expertise. I found the experience
to be entirely positive. Student reviews were often the first
returned from the 3 reviewers. Many of the reviews were very
insightful and provided useful information to the Associate Editor,
the authors, and me. In fact, many of the reviews identified
key points not raised by the other reviewers and these points
were pretty much on target. As with all reviewers, they received
a copy of my decision letter as well as copies of the other review
comments. This allowed them to see how their review contributed
to the fate of the manuscript. Hopefully, the experience gave
them a good perspective of many aspects of the review process,
a perspective that I hope will serve them well in their career.
I invite any faculty who would like to explore similar experiences
for their students to get in touch with me.

Keywords: Journal of Wildlife Management, graduate
students, reviews

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